From the Creil Gate, where you come out on leaving the ramparts, the Arena can be visited (see p. [65]). After that, turn down the Avenue Vernois, at the end of which is seen the entrance to the cemetery. The monument raised in memory of the hostages who were murdered in 1914 (view below) is in the western part of the cemetery. In the northern part is the grave of the soldiers who fell during the battles of Senlis (view above).
MONUMENT OF THE HOSTAGES IN THE CEMETERY
From the Boulevard Pasteur, which is a continuation of the Avenue Vernois, there is a pretty view of the country.
At the corner of the Rue Saint-Joseph stands a convent where seventy nuns remained during the German occupation. Some German soldiers made them open the door and demanded wine: "Oh!" answered the Reverend Mother, "the nuns only drink liquorice-water."
The tourist now finds himself at the Compiègne gate, from where he began his visit to the town. This is also the starting point fixed in the itinerary for the journey to Meaux (see p. [66]).
ARTISTIC SENLIS
(See plan inserted between pp. [36]-[37])